Lionsgate could adapt Lovely Monster short film into a feature

Even though it's now fully immersed in high-profile pictures like THE HUNGER GAMES, Lionsgate isn't about to forget what got it to this point: the world of low-budget horror. So it goes that the studio is currently in negotiations to acquire LOVELY MONSTER, a planned feature adaptation of Francesco Calabrese's well-received horror short.

The short, which was featured on ShortOfTheWeek.com back in April, focuses on a young woman battling a rare and lethal illness that turns her into a monster.

Feel free to let loose with a slew of "that time of the month" jokes.

Alli Shearmur will produce LOVELY MONSTER; John Scott 3 will flesh out the short into a feature-length script.